Special Collection Liquidation Auction - Chet Lemanski

We are honored to present a special auction set of specimens from the Chet Lemanski collection, shown here first!

Look for a huge variety of classics and specimen finds from the 1960s-1990s. Many of the old USA classics in this collection are such rare things that they are hard to value because there simply are not market comparables, they are unique survivors of past times.

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Hubeite (TYPE LOCALITY) on Quartz, with Pyrite
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (TL)
11.6 x 5.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Prehnite ps. Glauberite - old USA classic!
Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
9.7 x 8.7 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Fluorite & Calcite on Quartz (fluor.) - unusual locality
Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
12.7 x 12.1 x 10.4 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Calcite - sharply twinned, classic locale
Chimney Rock Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
11.8 x 10.2 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $702
Magnetite (old USA locality)
Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA
7.8 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $467
Mellite (fluorescent)
Csordakuti Mine, Bicskei District, Fejer County, Hungary
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Fluorite on Quartz
Horni Slavkov, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Cerussite with Baryte
Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Morocco
6.1 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Ferberite
Chicote Grande Mine, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia
8.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Cuprian Powellite (fluorescent)
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining district, Atacama, Chile
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $337
Fluorite (fluorescent)
May Stone and Sand Quarry, Allen Co., Indiana, USA
6.5 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Malachite and Cerussite (old classic style)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
15.5 x 7.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Hematite and Baryte, with Quartz (circa late 1800s)
Florence Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
9.0 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Babingtonite, Prehnite, and Calcite on Quartz (rare USA classic !)
Lane & Son traprock quarries, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
11.5 x 8.0 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $410
significant pocket Andradite Garnet and Calcite with Willemite (rare for locale)
Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
9.0 x 7.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $802
Fluorite and Quartz (classic old USA locale, 1960s)
Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
7.2 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Beryl var. Aquamarine , 18-sided
Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
7.3 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Pink Fluorite on Quartz
Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
9.0 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Pyromorphite and Quartz (mid-1800s USA classic!) ex Harvard
Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining District, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
12.2 x 7.7 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $530
Mimetite var. Campylite, on Quartz (mid-1800s)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, England, UK
6.2 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $292
Hydroxyapophyllite on Prehnite (ex. Roebling & Smithsonian!)
Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA
17.2 x 14.4 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $412
large Titanite and Fluorapatite
Tory Hill area, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
8.8 x 7.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Fluorite (fluorescent)
Blanchard mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA.
6.6 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Rhodochrosite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
7.4 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,098
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic old USA locale)
Sunnyside Mine, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
6.2 x 5.9 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $930
Azurite rose
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong, China
6.5 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $691
Pyromorphite
Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.3 x 6.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorapatite
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
9.8 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,111
Chrysocolla and Quartz, with Malachite, on Cuprite ex Szenics coll
Inca de Oro mining district, Atacama Region, Chile
8.9 x 7.9 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,319
Native Silver on native Arsenic (superb old classic)
Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, Saxony, Germany
6.2 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $5,605